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Post by avordvet on Aug 19, 2016 5:43:09 GMT -5
Federal Agencies & Standing ArmiesRodney Dodsworth, August 19, 2016 Martial law is an expensive and clumsy instrument. It wrecks commerce and the people’s residual trust in government. Its practical use is limited to control of rioting populations bent on physical destruction and the intimidation of ruling officials. But what of the proclivity of rulers in the face of building popular resistance that falls short of violent confrontation? The fear that 18th century Americans had for standing army forces subject to congressional consent has been replaced in the 21st century with dread of militarized civilian forces increasingly under sole control of the president. When the president can, without an appropriation from congress, pay over $400 million in ransom to fund the terror state of Iran, rest assured he can and has funded garrisons of well-equipped civilians ever ready to do his bidding. Among the startling findings in a fifty page, June 2016 report by OpenTheBooks.com, is that sixty-seven non-military agencies and fifteen cabinet level departments have more than 200,000 federal officers with firearm authority, which exceeds the size of the 182,000 man United State Marine Corps.
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